Category: Science

The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

The mummified remains of a man buried close to a turquoise mine in Chile’s Atacama Desert suggest he was a miner who died in a

Jupiter reaches opposition on Jan. 10, when it will shine all night at its brightest as Earth moves between the giant planet and the sun.

NASA has announced the early return of Crew-11 from the International Space Station after an unidentified astronaut experienced a medical problem.

China’s EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion milestone and potentially bringing humanity closer to wielding

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn’t the only human species to leave Africa 1.8 million

The Avenue of the Baobabs preserves the remnant trees of an ancient tropical forest on Madagascar.

NPR’s Short Wave talks about elephants’ sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a surprising discovery about the early universe.

The elm zigzag sawfly has spread to 15 states in five years. Now it’s attacking the tree that cities planted to replace Dutch elm disease

Among the first finds from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the discovery hints at a population of exceptionally strong asteroids.

The massive sunspot that sparked an “extreme” geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar flares, including a hidden X-class outburst, a

The Waorani capture an Anaconda in Bameno, Ecuador.

The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone is “beyond convincing”

Artemis II crewmembers (left to right) NASA astronauts Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist;